Month: May 2019

This is the time to finalize plans to attend the 2019 annual meeting in Tampa, Florida. The scientific program is complete and the social activities are scheduled to facilitate meeting with old friends and provide opportunities to build new relationships. We are very fortunate to have Professor June Medford as our Keynote Speaker. She will address “Synthetic Biology for Engineering Plant Genetic Circuits: from Predictable Electronic-like Functions to Innovative Desalination.” This topic should be of interest to all society members. One of the great strengths of the SIVB annual meeting is the opportunity to view topics in biology from...

The Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) is excited to welcome you to sunny Central Florida to participate in the 2019 In Vitro Biology Meeting from June 8–12, 2019 at the Tampa Marriott Water Street Hotel & Marina.  The meeting will begin with a full day workshop titled “Advanced Flow Cytometry Applications and Data Analysis” on Saturday June 8. Sponsored by Beckman Coulter, this hands-on workshop will focus on various advanced areas in flow cytometry and fluidics for targeting and gene editing with specific biological applications. On Sunday, June 9, Dr. June Medford, Professor of Biology at Colorado State...

Before you arrive in Tampa for the 2019 Meeting… We hope you are as excited as we are about the 2019 In Vitro Biology Meeting. Before you land in Sunny Florida, we wanted to make sure you had everything you needed to know, so take a moment to read up on what to expect during this year’s SIVB Annual Meeting. Then, when you get here you can just enjoy the program and events.  The final scientific program is now available online. SIVB is pleased to offer a mobile app for those attending the meeting which will offer attendees opportunities to...

A submerged culture system for rapid micropropagation of an ornamental aquarium plant ‘Amazon sword’   The production of aquarium plants via tissue culture has emerged as a rising industry all over the world. Amazon sword plant (Echinodorus ‘Indian Red’) is an underwater aquatic plant, very popular among aquarium hobbyists worldwide, and currently retails in the online market for $4.59–$14.95 per plant. An efficient method for in vitro propagation and plantlet acclimatization of this ornamental aquarium plant was developed. In vitro plants were cultured in submerged conditions in a solid-liquid bilayer medium, the culture-vessels containing plant implanted in the solid...

And Then There Were 4: A Changing Landscape Impacting the Society and Its Members Over the past 2-3 years, the agricultural biotech and seeds industry has gone through another huge round of changes.  The resulting changes has impacted not only the industry but also the Society for In Vitro Biology and its members.  The plant section has been well supported by the industry with 6 (more or less) constant contributors over the years.  In addition, the society has been well supported by section and board members as employees of these businesses with large contingents from these large players attending...